petenera
Spanish, noun[pet̪eˈneɾa]
petenera is spelled P-E-T-E-N-E-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petenera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a type of Andalusian music played with the guitar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of petenero. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Canto flamenco popular, semejante a la malagueña, formado por coplas de cuatro versos octosílabos”.
What does petenera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea type of Andalusian music played with the guitar
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of petenero
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Canto flamenco popular, semejante a la malagueña, formado por coplas de cuatro versos octosílabos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of petenera
- peteneras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petenera?
- [pet̪eˈneɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is petenera in Spanish?
petenera appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).